This readme file was generated on [2025-06-09] by [Evan Bourke]

GENERAL INFORMATION

Title of Dataset: MACMORRIS


Author/Principal Investigator Information
Name: Pat Palmer
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1788-8988
Institution: Maynooth University
Address: Iontas Building, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland
Email: pat.palmer@mu.ie

Author/Associate or Co-investigator Information
Name: Evan Bourke
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1719-3147 
Institution: Maynooth University
Address: Iontas Building, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland
Email: evan.bourke@mu.ie 


Date of data collection: 2019-09-10 to 2025-05-14

Geographic location of data collection: Dublin, Ireland

Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Irish Research Council


SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: N/A

Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: https://repository.dri.ie/catalog/db797d649

Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: https://xn--lamh-bpa.org/; https://www.dib.ie/; https://bardic.celt.dias.ie/; https://www.bl.uk/projects/english-short-title-catalogue; https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebogroup/

Was data derived from another source?
If yes, list source(s): Dictionary of Irish Biography; Bardic Poetry Database; Early English Books Online; English Short Title Catalogue


Recommended citation for this dataset: Pat Palmer, Evan Bourke. “MACMORRIS .” Digital Repository of Ireland. Irish Qualitative Data Archive, May 14, 2025. https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.db797d649.


DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

File List: 	person_data_MACMORRIS - a .csv file containing all the people in the MACMORRIS dataset
		connection_data_MACMORRIS - a .csv file containing all the network data in the MACMORRIS dataset
		work_data_MACMORRIS - a .csv file containing all the bibliographic data in the MACMORRIS dataset
		site_data_MACMORRIS - a .csv file containing all the data relating to the literary deep map on the MACMORRIS website
		place_data_MACMORRIS - a .csv file containing all the place name data used in the MACMORRIS dataset
		macmorris.wacz - a .wacz file containing an archived version of the project website

Relationship between files, if important: The unique id assigned to each person in the person data file is used in the connection, work, and site files to ensure a person's connections, works and sites all link back to the person. The location id assigned to each place in the place data file is used in the work and site data files when assigning a location to a line of data.

Are there multiple versions of the dataset? No
 

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: See Patricia Palmer, Making MACMORRIS: New Gleanings from Early Modern Ireland. Paul Walsh Memorial Lecture 8. https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/19257/; Bourke, Evan, and Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh. "Patronage Networks in Gaelic Ireland ca. 1541–ca. 1660." Renaissance Quarterly 76, no. 3 (2023): 938-979; Bourke, Evan. "Networking early modern Irish women." Irish Historical Studies 46, no. 170 (2022): 270-285.

People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Pat Palmer, Evan Bourke, Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh, Philip Mac a’ Ghoill, Rupavathi Subramani, Alan Waldron

software-specific information needed: For the .wacz file a a browser-based viewer that loads web archive files like https://replayweb.page/ is needed to view the file.


DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: person_data_MACMORRIS

Number of variables: 43

Number of cases/rows: 4790 

Variable List: MACMORRIS ID; Is Cultural Actor?; First name; Last name; Maiden name; Husband(s) Name; Aristocratic title; Pseudonym; Initials; Religious title; Name in religion; Other names; Display name; Gender; Date of birth; Birth date type; Place of birth; Date of death; Death date type; Place of death; Flourishing date; Flourishing date type; Place of flourishing; Active in ireland start date; Active in ireland end date; Religious order; Languages; Attributes; Religious subtypes; Religious designations; Nationality (if not Irish or English); Quotes; Notes; Reference text; ODNB ID; DIB ID; TNOP ID; Wikidata; AINM ID; SDFB ID; Created at; Updated at.

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: connection_data_MACMORRIS

Number of variables: 14

Number of cases/rows: 12733

Variable List: Connection ID; MACMORRIS ID [Source]; MACMORRIS ID [Target]; Start date type; Start date; End date type; End date; Relationship types; Source type; Target type; Reference; Created at; Updated at

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: work_data_MACMORRIS

Number of variables: 26

Number of cases/rows: 4633

Variable List: Work ID; MACMORRIS ID of affiliated author; MACMORRIS ID of affiliated Dedicatee/Patron; MACMORRIS ID of affiliated Printer/Collaborator; MACMORRIS ID of affiliated Publisher; MACMORRIS ID of affiliated Bookseller;Location; Authorship type; Work format; Work form; Full Title; Display title Work date; Work classification; Languages; Work source library; MARC ID; Written by an actor about Ireland; Written by an actor while in Ireland; Printed in Ireland; Written by an actor bf/af time in Ireland; About Ireland: Shelfmark; External site URL; Created at; Updated at

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: site_data_MACMORRIS

Number of variables: 13

Number of cases/rows: 208

Variable List: Unique Id; Site type; Name of Site (English); Name of Site (Gaelic); Description (English); Description (Gaelic); MACMORRIS ID of affiliated persons; MACMORRIS ID of affiliated authors; Location; Bardic Poetry Database ID; Reference; created at; updated at

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: place_data_MACMORRIS

Number of variables: 9

Number of cases/rows: 844

Variable List: Location ID; Name (English); Name (Gaelic); Place type; Latitude; Longitude; Wikidata; created at; updated at








